username password 7
Sets the password for the specified user using the encrypted format of the password. Use this command if it becomes necessary to restore your appliance configuration, including the password.
Syntax
username <user-id> password 7 <encrypted-password>
Parameters
<user-id> | User login: admin or monitor. |
<encrypted-password> | Encrypted password. The password must be at least six characters. |
Usage
Use this command to restore your password using an encrypted version of the password. You can display the encrypted version of the password using the show running configuration command.
For example, executing username monitor password awesomepass results in the following line being added to the running configuration file:
username monitor password 7 $1$f2Azp8N8$n0oy6Y1KhCfuMo93f24ku/
If you need to restore your password in the future, you would paste:
username monitor password 7 $1$f2Azp8N8$n0oy6Y1KhCfuMo93f24ku/
in the CLI, to restore your monitor password to awesomepass.
Example
amnesiac (config) # username admin password 7 $1$f2Azp8N8$n0oy6Y1KhCfuMo93f24ku/
Product
SCC, Interceptor, Mobile Controller, SteelHead CX, SteelHead EX, SteelHead-v, SteelHead-c
Related Commands
Account Control Management Commands
This section describes the Account Control Management commands.